A suicide bomber on Wednesday killed dozens of people, many of them teenagers, after detonating a device among a crowd in Kabul who were celebrating the Persian New Year holiday, officials said. There were distressing scenes at the hospital opposite the blast site where grief-stricken relatives screamed as they clutched and hugged the bloodied bodies of their loved ones, on what is normally a day of celebration for Afghan families. The Islamic State group’s local franchise in Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the assault in the heavily Shiite neighbourhood – the fifth suicide bombing in the Afghan capital in recent weeks – via the messaging app Telegram. The blast killed 33 and wounded 65, the health ministry said, up from an earlier toll given by the interior ministry of 26 dead and 18 hurt. All the injured were civilians, said interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi. Afghan officials often give conflicting tolls in the wake of attacks and they routinely understate the figures. A security source told AFP on condition of anonymity that the bombing left 37 dead and 70 wounded. The bomber, who was on foot, detonated his device in front of Kabul University and the hospital that was opposite, Rahimi… Read full this story
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